On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 11:07:15AM +0100, John Wyzer wrote: > Thanks for the answers!
:-) As in "good to see common interrests" > On 21/02/16 09:49, Philip Hands wrote: > > I presume you're not doing anything complicated (like including other > > preseed files that might set the setting back). > No, just one preseed.cfg. I pasted it below. <snip/> > ./cdebconf/questions.dat:Value: boot-root :: 200 50 250 ext3 $primary{ } > $bootable{ } method{ format } format{ } use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } > mountpoint{ /boot } . 64 512 1200 linux-swap method{ swap } format{ } . 500 > 512 1000000000 btrfs method{ format } format{ } use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ > btrfs } mountpoint{ / } . tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard Note the tasksel in "partman stuff" <snip/> > ./syslog:Feb 21 09:04:36 debconf: --> SETTITLE tasksel/title > ./syslog:Feb 21 09:05:07 frontend: --> GET tasksel/first > ./syslog:Feb 21 09:05:07 frontend: <-- 10 tasksel/first doesn't exist Note 'tasksel/first doesnot exist' <snip/> > This is my preseed.cfg with root password, ntp, proxy and > preseed/late_command removed. > <snip/> > d-i partman/choose_partition select finish > d-i partman/confirm boolean true > d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true > > d-i partman/early_command string [ -b /dev/sda ] && if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda > bs=1024 count=1024 || true FWIW: I think it misses `dd` ... > d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ > boot-root :: \ > 200 50 250 ext3 \ > $primary{ } $bootable{ } \ > method{ format } format{ } \ > use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \ > mountpoint{ /boot } \ > . \ > 64 512 1200 linux-swap \ > method{ swap } format{ } \ > . \ > 500 512 1000000000 btrfs \ > method{ format } format{ } \ > use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ btrfs } \ > mountpoint{ / } \ > . \ > > tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard I see . \ tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard So 'tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard' is merged to the partman-auto/expert_recipe string. Advice: add some seperator or remove a backslash to avoid "continue on next line" Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven